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Gray squirrels and fox squirrels are pretty good IMO. I never heard of anyone eating red squirrels. It is hard to describe the flavor. They don't taste like chicken. They are a bit more gamey than rabbit.

Looking at this thread I am reminded of comments of a friend who grew up and lived his life out west where the sight lines are long. He said he hated hiking and bike touring in the east (he wasn't a boater) because according to him all you ever saw was green. He said it was like being in a long...

I can't imagine trying to hunt squirrels with a 22 from a canoe paddled solo. Maybe from a tandem boat. We had good luck with a shotgun taking turns with both the bow and stern paddler shooting. Who ever saw the squirrel first got to shoot it. That was usually me in the stern. I had great...

I have never fired a rifle from a canoe. I have hunted squirrels from a canoe with pretty good success. A buddy had a dog that would retrieve them. Normally I'd use a 22 on squirrels but from the canoe I used a single shot 12 ga.

I have used a lot of different stoves and still own quite a few. More of my usage has been for bicycle touring and backpacking than for canoe touring and that has influenced my preferences. A few of my favorites and why: Home made pop can alcohol stoves - lightest choice if only a few days of...

Mike is right about the importance of training. There are certain commands that are absolutely mandatory. To my way of thinking coming back and getting on leash when called is the very most primary one. I was a total failure with my first dog as an adult in that regard and it was a nightmare...

That sounds like the way to go especially in warm weather. If it was cool/cold and we could manage to haul a body out maybe I'd try, but being buried in the wilderness sounds like a fitting end for an outdoors person My only concern if I were the deceased is what legalities would there be...

Thanks. You are in for a wonderful experience. Dogs can bring so much joy into our lives. Mine have all been great friends and this one even more that the others since she came along when I had the time to really enjoy her company. I lost track at 10,000 of how many miles that I trail ran...

I remember being told of a way to test which one loved you more. It went like this: Lock your wife or girlfriend and your dog in the trunk of your car for a couple hours and see which one is happy to see you when you let them out. I never managed to actually try it because I couldn't bear to...

Yeah, they really fill our lives and leave a big hole in our hearts when they are gone. We will cherish whatever time we have left with her whether it is days, weeks, or years, but I dread having to make those hard decisions if the tumor is malignant. From what the vet says the most likely...

One of mine went out for a mid winter hike with us when she was maybe 10 weeks old. It was about 20 F and she dove in the water and swam around repeatedly. We were a little horrified that it might be bad for such a small pup to be in such cold water. She was unphased, Throughout her life she...

I wouldn't worry too much about your pup jumping out once they are acclimated a little to swimming and to being in the canoe in benign conditions. Depending on where you are a dog pfd may be a good idea. Just take it slow at first and start fairly young. Not all dogs take to the water so take it...

Too bad you don't want to take your phone. Phones are great cameras these days. You could have a gps, a bird ID app, all sorts of field guides and so on. You know you can just put it in airplane mode and it isn't a "phone", right? :) These days digital is definitely the way to go. So nice...

Thanks. That all makes sense. My correction has always been for reading and close up work. It got bad enough that I couldn't see clearly at any distance though. These days none of the non prescription reading glasses you see in the drug store are strong enough for me to read clearly with...

I haven't as much had trouble with them jumping huge distances as getting past the cones/baffles. It seems that it is usually one young trouble maker and then others follow. I found that quickly shooting the one trouble maker has been effective. Firearms are out in my residential...

Sounds like a great solution. Inexpensive, light weight, waterproof, and easy to take along. If I owned one I'd keep it in my dry bag or maybe my pfd pocket.

They sometimes don't help much or at all for some problems like cataracts or worse glaucoma or some other problems. I have probably about ready for cataract surgery myself and have relatives and friends with vision problems that can't be addressed with glasses or surgery. My issue is mostly...

Here it would be Carolina wrens more often than house wrens, but thanks for that tip. I may need to start storing boats outdoors and we too have wrens who nest anywhere. As far as watching the birds... We go through a small fortune in seed, suet, meal worms, sugar water, and grape jelly, but...

I never worried about that. Nobody else snowshoed and almost no one skied where I snowshoed. I did find that I broke trail for myself and my dog on upcoming days of trail running (I have given up running these days). I always wanted to build my own traditional snowshoes but never got around...

I wish I could see them better. They look good in the thumbnail, but I really cant see much detail. I am in flip flops here in Tallahassee. I'd enjoy some time in the snow, but am not travelling during the pandemic. Family back in my old home have either been enjoying snow or complaining...